Travel influencers urge us to buy unnecessary gear, such as a document organizer, a hotel room blacklight, or an in-flight clip-on cup holder. I add passport covers to that list.
Avoiding Russia
In normal times a flight from Minneapolis to Tokyo would take us through Russian airspace for several hours. This is no longer possible.
Japan Loose-Ends List
Here’s a list of planning details that needed attention as we got closer to traveling to Japan with our nephew and his dad.
A Soldier in Occupied Japan
My partner’s uncle was a soldier in occupied Japan at the end of the Pacific War. The story could’ve been so different.
My Atomic Superpower
Will a radioactive drug give me atomic superpowers?
Twitter Migration
I needed to get as far away as possible from Elon Musk. It was time to migrate all my Tweets to my Web site.
12 Months of Microposts: 2022
Somewhat arbitrarily, I’ve selected one Micropost from each month of 2022.
Temple Plumbing 2022
I hiked to two temples of an 88-temple pilgrimage and photographed the plumbing.
Japan 2022 Itinerary
I’m home from a solo three-week trip to Japan. As usual, I made it up as I went along based on research, past experience, and whim.
I visited three of Japan’s main islands: Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. Hokkaido didn’t make the list this time because winter was setting in there and I didn’t want to carry winter clothes.
Bullet Train vs. Plane
This evening I flew 700 miles from Sendai (Miyagi) to Fukuoka rather than taking three bullet trains. At the time of booking I was happy to pay $66 extra to fly. Current wisdom says flying has advantages over high-speed rail for journeys over about 500 miles (about 800 km). This data seems reasonable if we… Continue reading Bullet Train vs. Plane